New Books: 3 January 2023
Adams, Sean: The Thing in the Snow 
(HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0063257757, $27.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, January 3, 2023)
Satirical psychological horror novel about an isolated, largely abandoned, research station, where a mysterious object found in the snow has a strange effect on people’s minds.
Berg, Sibylle: Grime 
(St. Martin’s Griffin 978-1-250-79651-6, $22.00, 448pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, December 27, 2022)
Near-future dystopian SF novel, following teens from a poverty-stricken town in northern England who follow their love of grime music to London. Translated from the Swiss-German by Tim Mohr.
Black, Holly: The Stolen Heir 
(Little, Brown 978-0316592703, $20.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, January 3, 2023)
Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the eponymous series, part of the Elfhame world. Lady Nore is using an ancient relic to create monsters for revenge. Only her daughter Suren can stop her, but Suren has fled to the human world.
Bunn, Davis: Forbidden 
(Severn House 978-1448309412, $30.99, 208pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, January 3, 2023)
Fantasy novel. Chad Hagan, a failed apprentice Talent kicked out of two institutes, teams up with Kara Sedgewick to expose the institutes’ corruption.
Cambias, James L.: The Scarab Mission 
(Baen 978-1-9821-9239-6, $8.99, 341pp, format: ebook, January 3, 2023)
SF novel, second in the Billion Worlds series. A scavenger and her oddball crew are catapulted into the midst of a strange secret at the heart of a derelict colony ship.
Cardinal, Ann Dávila: Breakup from Hell 
(HarperTeen 978-0-06-304530-9, $18.99, 304pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, January 3, 2023)
Young-adult paranormal lovers-to-enemies romance. Miguela Angeles begins to suspect that her new boyfriend has supernatural ties of the very bad kind.
Cordova, Jason, ed.: Chicks in Tank Tops 
(Baen 978-1-9821-9235-8, $17.99, 320pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, January 3, 2023)
Original anthology of 14 stories. Inspired by Esther Friesner’s Chicks in Chainmail series. Authors include Jody Lynn Nye, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, and David Drake.
Crutcher, Paige: The Lost Witch 
(St. Martin’s Griffin 978-1-250-79739-1, $16.99, 320pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, December 27, 2022)
Fantasy novel. Irish witch Brigid gets swept away from 1922 and ends up in 2022 where her house is occupied two unruly witches and her island under attack from the Damned.
Daniels, Sarah: The Stranded 
(Sourcebooks Fire 978-1728258126, $18.99, 464pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, January 3, 2023)
Near-future dystopian novel about a former luxury cruise ship forbidden to make landfall for 40 years off the coast of the former USA.
Housman, Ivelisse: Unseelie 
(Harlequin/Inkyard Press 978-1-335-42859-2, $18.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, January 3, 2023)
Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Unseelie duology. An autistic changeling joins a heist in the land of the fairies.
Krentz, Jayne Ann: Sleep No More 
(Penguin Random House/Berkley 978-0-593-33782-0, $28.00, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, January 3, 2023)
Romantic suspense novel with speculative elements, the first in The Lost Night Files series. Two women meet at the Lucent Springs Hotel, before an earthquake and a fire nearly destroy the building. Afterwards, neither of them can remember that night, so they team up and start a podcast to investigate.
McCarthy, Wil: Poor Man’s Sky 
(Baen 978-1-9821-9234-1, $25.00, 402pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, January 3, 2023)
Near-future SF novel, sequel to Rich Man’s Sky. A reality show contestant competing to be a Martian colonist is murdered, leading all the contestants into a battle for the future rights of mankind.
Smith, Kaylie: A Ruinous Fate 
(Disney/Hyperion 978-1368081597, $18.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, January 3, 2023)
Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Heartless Fates series. Calliope Rosewood is a witch with unspeakable powers and has been hiding for year.
Wilson, David Niall: The Devil’s in the Flaws & Other Dark Truths 
(Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink 9781637897584, $35.99, 302pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, January 3, 2023)
Collection of 21 horror stories, nine new, including an unpublished novella.Ï
